Re: OT: Microsoft XP

Kevin Lange wrote:

>Has anyone heard of all the troubles that the new version of Microsoft is
>having getting released ??
>
>One of the ugliest things I see is their new licensing scheme. They make
>sure you are using it only on a specific machine by having its functionality
>based on hardware items on your system. This configuration has to be
>registered either by phone or by internet about a month after it is
>installed or everything stops working. If you change something big, like a
>Network Card or cpu chip, your system will not boot because it thinks you
>have installed it on a different machine.
>
>Anyone have options on the new XP ?
>

i know of exactly 2 people who have installed it. unanimous vote for "it sucks".

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